10 Facts About Spruce

Spruce is a tree of the genus Picea, a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the Earth.

Spruce are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the eastern spruce budworm.

Spruce seedlings are most susceptible immediately following germination, and remain highly susceptible through to the following spring.

Spruce beetles have destroyed swathes of spruce forest in western North America from Alaska to Wyoming.

Spruce is useful as a building wood, commonly referred to by several different names including North American timber, SPF and whitewood .

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Spruce wood is used for many purposes, ranging from general construction work and crates to highly specialised uses in wooden aircraft.

Spruce is one of the most important woods for paper uses, as it has long wood fibres which bind together to make strong paper.

Spruce can be used as a preventive measure for scurvy in an environment where meat is the only prominent food source.

Spruce is the standard material used in soundboards for many musical instruments, including guitars, mandolins, cellos, violins, and the soundboard at the heart of a piano and the harp.

Spruce branches are used at Aintree racecourse, Liverpool, to build several of the fences on the Grand National course.